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cases ; the regiment of Cai-ignan came to Canada in 1G65 and left in 1669, 

 with the exception of one company, which eventually was disbanded here ; 

 from 1673 to 1753 the garrisons of Canada consisted, as a rule, of about 

 three hundred men in all, under an infantry captain, sometimes called 

 the Major when no longer young. 



Besides that ' detachment,' as it was called, an addition of six or seven 

 companies was sent in the colony during the years 168-1-1713, on account 

 of the war. From 1753 to 1760 the regiments sent under Dieskau and 

 Montcalm (seven-year war) do not seem to have left any number of men 

 in the country. Therefore the ' military element ' had very little to do 

 in the formation of our French population. 



(9) The date of the arrival of most of the heads of families will never 

 be ascertained accurately. In order to face that difficulty with chances 

 of success I have resorted to the following plan : — Prepare an alphabetical 

 list of all the heads of families, and afterwards, when consulting the old 

 archives and various sources of information, be careful in comparing your 

 list with any date or other indication you may find. In this manner it 

 tui-ns out that a man was married in 1664 in Quebec, was a witness before 

 the court in 1658, made a deed in 1672, in which he states that 'before 

 leaving AlenQon in 1652 to come to Canada.' . . . The date of '1652' 

 and ' Alen9on ' are the very things I want ; therefore I erase ' 1664 ' and 

 ' 1658,' previously entered, and keep the oldest date, with the name of 

 the locality. This process is slow but not the surest, but still it is the best 

 yet found to reach a fail' approximate estimate. Finally, I hope to publish 

 that tabular statement in a couple of years from now. 



(10) On the subject of uniformity of language, which is so remarkable 

 amongst the French Canadians, we may observe that it is the best 

 language spoken from Rochelle to Paris and Tours, and thence to 

 Rouen. Writers of the seventeenth century have expressed the opinion 

 that French Canadians could understand a dramatic play as well as the 

 elite of Paris ; no wonder to us, since we know that theatricals were 

 common occurrences in Canada, and that the ' Cid ' of Corneille was 

 played in Quebec in 1645, the ' Tartuffe ' of Moliere in 1677, and so on. 

 The taste for music and love for songs are characteristics of the French 

 Canadian race. The facility with which they learn foreign languages is 

 well known in America, where they speak Indian, Spanish, and English 

 as well as their own tongue. 



Antlivopometric Measurements in Schools. — Report of the Committee, 

 consisting of Professor A. Macalister (Chairman), Professor B. 

 WiNDLE (Secretari/), Mr. E. W. Brabrook, Professor J. Cleland, 

 ami Dr. J. G. Garson. 



The work done by this Committee during the past year has consisted 

 solely in the distribution to applicants of the Rules for Measurement 

 drawn up by the Committee, and in advising those responsible for physical 

 measurements in schools as to points respecting which they had written 

 for advice. A further supply of printed directions has been procured, the 

 first set having become exhausted. 



The Committee ask for their reappointment and for a further grant 

 for printing and postage of 51., the grant for that sum received several 

 years ago having been exhausted. 



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